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Pilates Element focuses on more than just increasing strength and flexibility—the hardwood-floored studio’s relaxing atmosphere also cultivates a holistic, mind-body wellness. The diverse group workouts here run the gamut from traditional mat classes and Reformer sessions, which take place on Pilates’ signature resistance-training structure, to more niche coursework in Piloxing, yoga, and circus-training Pilates. For one-on-one attention, patrons can opt for private sessions or go stand in the corner for some one-on-zero attention. Thanks to various exercise modifications, the studio’s coursework can train students ranging from novice to veteran athlete, or it can aid with post-injury rehabilitation.

Core Pilates' staff of former ballet dancers, registered nurses, and physical therapists discovered Pilates in various ways, but having experienced its health benefits firsthand, they've joined forces to share their knowledge of the rehabilitative, low-impact exercise. Mat, reformer, and barre group classes tone cores seven days a week, and seasonal instruction in hoop fitness and VertiMax add new flavors to exercise routines. Serious practitioners can seek teacher certifications, which are spiced with a liberal helping of anatomy and medical science, essential for helping students recover from injuries from disastrously ambitious toe-touches.

Inferno Hot Pilates founder Gabriella Walters is a one-woman decathlon. In her native Budapest, she was an emerging track-and-field athlete and competitive diver. After winning long-jump events and 400-meter races, she moved to the U.S. in 2002 to try her hand at IFBB fitness competitions when she suffered a severe knee injury. After she physically recovered with equal parts meditation, yoga, and Pilates, she traveled to India and learned deeksha and meditated for several months. When she returned to the States, she became a certified Pilates instructor and opened Inferno Hot Pilates. There, her resolve is on full display during high-energy and results-oriented fitness classes, including TRX-suspension training and more than 30 weekly hot-Pilates classes that are staged inside a 95-degree room where the atmosphere is 45% humidity and 55% exported from the top of Mount Olympus.

Spinal surgery led Nina Waldman to Pilates. After her husband was injured playing professional basketball in Jerusalem—severely enough to require surgery—she became fascinated with Pilates, which he took up as part of his physical rehabilitation. Nina originally aspired to a career in sports medicine, but instead became certified in Pilates and opened two studios, one in Jerusalem and one in her native Las Vegas.
At Body in Mind, Nina and her staff teach Pilates, yoga, and spinning, as well as Candlelight Stretch. This class combines yoga, Pilates, strength training, and sports stretching, and is taught by candlelight. In addition to fitness classes, Body in Mind also stocks Juice Plus+ to supplement healthy diets.